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OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT
 
JAMANA AND TRIVIKRAMA AVATARAS 203
स ब्रह्मवर्चसेनैवमत्यरोचत मारिषः ॥
 
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That venerable Brahmacharin thus out-
shone (everybody) with his spiritual
 
lustre.
 
श्रुत्वाऽश्वमेधैर्यजमानमूर्जितं
बलिं भृगूणामुपकल्पितैस्ततः ।
छत्रं सदण्ड सजलं कमण्डलुं
विवेश बिभ्रद्धयमेधवाटम् ॥
 
Then, hearing that the powerful Bali
was performing horse-sacrifices arranged
by the Bhrigus, the Lord (Vamana),
bearing an umbrella, the Danda* and
Kamandalut with water, entered the
sacrificial hall.
 
जटिलं वामनं विनं मायामाणवकं हरिम् ।
भृगवस्ते प्रत्यगृहन् पादौ भगवतो बलिः ।
अवनियार्चयामास मुक्तसङ्गमनोरमम् ॥
 
The Bhrigus welcomed that dwarf-
Brahmin with matted hair, who was Lord
 
*From the time of the initiation into the Gayatri,
the Brahmin Brahmacharin bears a twig of the
Palasa tree (Butea Frondosa), the Palasa danda.
 
Kamandalu is a small earthen or wooden vessel
for water carried by Brahmacharins, ascetics and
others.